2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

Medalists edit

Gold	Churandy Martina Netherlands
Silver	Patrick van Luijk Netherlands
Bronze	Daniel Talbot Great Britain

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
European record	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	19.72	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Championship record	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	19.85	Munich, Germany	9 August 2002
World Leading	Yohan Blake (JAM)	19.91	Kingston, Jamaica	5 May 2012
European Leading	Churandy Martina (NED)	19.94	New York City, United States	9 June 2012

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -1.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s, Heat 5: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	7	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.61	Q
2	1	4	Ben Bassaw	France	20.73	Q
2	4	5	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece	20.73	Q
4	2	6	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.74	Q
5	2	5	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.75	Q
5	4	7	Paul Hession	Ireland	20.75	Q, SB
7	2	4	Nil de Oliveira	Sweden	20.78	Q, =PB
7	3	6	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.78	Q
9	5	3	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.82	Q
10	3	8	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	20.83	Q
11	3	5	Davide Manenti	Italy	20.84	Q
12	5	6	Kamil Kryński	Poland	20.88	Q
13	1	6	Diego Marani	Italy	20.89	Q
14	5	7	Marek Niit	Estonia	20.93	Q, SB
15	4	2	Sven Knipphals	Germany	20.94	Q
16	2	7	Sebastian Ernst	Germany	20.96	Q
16	5	2	Reto Schenkel	Switzerland	20.96	Q
18	3	7	Petar Kremenski	Bulgaria	21.03	Q
19	1	8	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	21.08	Q
20	2	2	Vojtěch Šulc	Czech Republic	21.17	q
21	1	2	Aliaksandr Linnik	Belarus	21.20	q
21	4	3	Jonathan Åstrand	Finland	21.20	Q
23	3	4	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	21.24	q
24	5	8	Aleksandr Khyutte	Russia	21.27	q
25	5	4	Jerrel Feller	Netherlands	21.32
26	2	8	Catalin Cîmpeanu	Romania	21.37
27	4	6	Kiril Kirilov	Bulgaria	21.45
28	2	3	Jan Žumer	Slovenia	21.50
29	5	5	Jerai Torres	Gibraltar	22.31	PB
30	3	2	Fabian Haldner	Liechtenstein	23.32
	1	5	Rachid Chouhal	Malta	DNF
	3	3	Steven Colvert	Ireland	DQ	^[1]
	4	4	Ihor Bodrov	Ukraine	DQ	^[2]
	1	3	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine	DQ	^[3]

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -1.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	4	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.63	Q
2	3	6	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.68	Q
3	2	5	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.69	Q
4	3	3	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.74	Q
5	2	3	Nil de Oliveira	Sweden	20.83	Q
6	2	8	Diego Marani	Italy	20.83	q
7	2	4	Paul Hession	Ireland	20.84	q
8	3	4	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.87
9	1	6	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	20.90	Q
10	1	5	Ben Bassaw	France	20.91
11	2	7	Sebastian Ernst	Germany	20.91
12	1	8	Sven Knipphals	Germany	20.92
13	1	3	Kamil Kryński	Poland	20.93
14	1	7	Reto Schenkel	Switzerland	21.05
15	3	5	Davide Manenti	Italy	21.07
16	3	7	Petar Kremenski	Bulgaria	21.08
17	2	2	Jonathan Åstrand	Finland	21.27
18	3	2	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	21.35
19	2	1	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	21.36
20	1	1	Aliaksandr Linnik	Belarus	21.43
21	3	8	Marek Niit	Estonia	21.44
	2	6	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece	DQ	^[4]
	1	2	Vojtěch Šulc	Czech Republic	DQ	^[5]
	3	1	Aleksandr Khyutte	Russia	DNS

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.42
	6	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.87
	5	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.95
4	4	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.99
5	8	Nil de Oliveira	Sweden	21.11
6	7	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	21.26
7	2	Diego Marani	Italy	21.26
8	1	Paul Hession	Ireland	21.27